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  • Honor Roll of Hits (introduced issue week of March 24, 1945)
  • Radio (introduced issue week of January 27, 1945)
  • Juke Box (introduced issue week of January 8, 1944)

Honor Roll of Hits

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A list of every song to debut on Billboard's Honor Roll of Hits chart.

Radio

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A list of every song to debut on Billboard's radio chart.

Juke Box

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A list of every song to debut on Billboard's Juke Box chart. The weeks written are the weeks of the Billboard issues.

Top ten

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Song Artist Peak Peak date Weeks in

top ten

1944
January 8 "Paper Doll" The Mills Brothers 1 January 8 8
"Pistol Packin' Mama" Al Dexter 2 January 8 5
"My Heart Tells Me" Glen Gray 2 January 22 8
"They're Either Too Young or Too Old" Jimmy Dorsey 2 January 15 7
"Shoo Shoo Baby" The Andrews Sisters 1 January 15 8
"Shoo Shoo Baby" Ella Mae Morse 4 February 19 8
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bing Crosby 6 January 8 1
"White Christmas" Bing Crosby 7 January 8 1
"People Will Say We're in Love" Frank Sinatra 7 January 22 4
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" Bing Crosby 9 January 8 3
"Victory Polka" Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters 7 January 15 5
January 15 "The Dreamer" Kay Armen 8 January 15 2
"Besame Mucho" Jimmy Dorsey 3 February 5 6
January 22 "My Ideal" Jimmy Dorsey 5 February 26 6
January 29 "Star Eyes" Jimmy Dorsey 5 February 5 3
February 5 "Cherry" Harry James 4 February 12 3
February 12 "No Love, No Nothin" Ella Mae Morse 8 February 12 3
"My Shining Hour" Glen Gray 9 February 12 2
"How Sweet You Are" Kay Armen 10 February 12 1
February 26 "No Love, No Nothin" Johnny Long 10 February 26 1